A researcher who studied fingernail growth and a group that explored whether painting zebra-like stripes on cows reduced fly bights are among the winners of this year's Ig Nobels The Ig Nobel Prize ...
Ig Nobel Prizes Honor Fingernails, Painted Cows and Cacio e Pepe in a Celebration of Strange Science
Paper airplanes flew, scientists sang about stomach bugs and one person dressed as a giant ball of mozzarella: Last Thursday, the 35th Ig Nobel Prize ceremony honored strange scientific pursuits with ...
MARSHFIELD — When Middlesex-based artist DJ Barry first started painting cows in 2015, he never imagined that his work would become a global phenomenon. Barry is the founder of World Cow, a global ...
A Japanese research team's experiment involving disguising a cow as a zebra to fend off bloodthirsty insects received the 2025 Ig Nobel Prize's biology category on Sept. 18, making this the 19th ...
Some of the world’s most imaginative scientific minds have been celebrated at the Ig Nobel awards, which recognize ...
It’s perfect, if coincidental, timing: The same week that Seven Days publishes a special issue on Vermont’s dairy industry, the Main Street Museum in White River Junction opens an exhibition of cow ...
A farmer who painted St George's flags on the side of his cows has said he was "just trying to put a smile on people's faces". Ed Bunning, who farms near Morville in Shropshire, also said he wanted to ...
BOSTON (AP) — A team of researchers from Japan wondered if painting cows with zebralike stripes would prevent flies from biting them. Another group from Africa and Europe pondered the types of pizza ...
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